Richard Grenell: White House calling on reporters to spin administration’s failures in Libya

It’s an incendiary tweet to be sure, but perhaps the most shocking thing about the claim from the Romney campaign’s former foreign policy aide, is the suggestion that the White House even thought it had to ask for cover. Mainstream media outlets were happy to run with the administration’s story that the assault which killed the United States’ ambassador to Libya and three others was the result of a spontaneous protest against a YouTube video.

More than two weeks after the attack, media outlets are still attempting to wring some truth from the administration, as the president at last admitted (on “The View” of all places) that the attack “wasn’t just a mob action.” With #Benghazigate a trending topic of Twitter, it’s obvious the public isn’t satisfied with the crumbs offered on “The View.”

@RichardGrenell i think obama's flacks should leave the spinning to the media. it's not as though the media hasn't provided him cover…